Basket and hamper.



1). P. MOORE. I BASKET AND HAMPER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 10, 1908.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

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D. P. MOORE.

BASKET AND HAMPER. APPLICATION rum) APR. 16,1908.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

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BASKET AND HAMPER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 16,1908.

Patented Nov. '17, 1908.

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% slutwnfoz of a novel form of canvas or like material I most-wear 1soccasioned, Thesetwo' strips of canvas,- after the corners have beenand-supporting rim of the frame.

hamper. By this construction the rims'carrydrawing.

tion, is effected. In baskets of this character .be inserted through thepockets and secured .vertical supporting rods being detachably DAVIDPELTON MOORE, OF WASHINGTON,'DISTRIOT OF COLUMBIA.

BASKET AND 3 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Nov. 17, 1908;

Application filed April 16, 1908. Serial No. 427,394.

Z "0 all whom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, I)AV1D Pnn'ronMoonn, l a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at l Washington, in the District of Columbia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Baskets .and Hampers, ofwhich the following .is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying l\L[y present invention relates to improvements inbaskets and hampers, the mam ob ect of my invention, bemg the provisionbasket or hamper, having a knock-down; supporting frame; whereby economyin menu-- facture and-storage, as-well -1n-transporta now upon-themarket, they are made so that they must always remain intact, thus-ocupying toogreat storage space, and when it comes to shipping frommaker to user, the transportation charges are too great, as they arecharged for space occupied, and not weight,--as will be the case with mybasket or hamper.

In order to accomplish the objects of my invention, the canvas portionis made of two pieces; one piece forming the bottombeinga plainrectangle,= while the sides and ends are made-"of the-othewpiece, whichis ofpeculiar and novel form, so as-to-provide reinforcements at thefour corners; where the formed upon the blank "for-the sides andends,'are sewed together to form in reality, a canvas ba the upper edgeof the bag, being securely astenedto the mouth extending At the corners,andarhere necessary at the sides, I. provide threaded sockets, whichwhen the ag is secured to the rin'nare in line with the pockets formedat the corners and where desired in the sides of the blank, so that'the'vertical supporting rods of the frame' may tothe threaded sockets, theother ends of the secured to the runner of'the basket or ing the' bagsmaybe nested in dozens or halfdozens, the runners crated in similar nunhers, and' the verticalrods inbundles" of six, with-twelve or sixbundles to -a package Thus one-dozen or one half dozen of my baskets-orhampers will occupy when knocked down, a space about equal: tothree-ofithe baskets, that-are now u on the market. I Theframe beingconstructe as I have done, wlll i be justas strong,.ifnot stronger, andalto gether, a more durable,-pract1ca-l and economical basket or hamperthan has heretw fore been produced.

To clearly illustrate my hamper or basket, attention -is invited to theaccompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sourplete basketp Fig. 2 is a similar view of the frame worlg with thecanvas removed.= F 1g; 3 1s a plan View of the blank for the-sides andendsof'the canvas. Fig. 4 rs a similar view after beingSBWBdabllt'bBiEOl'Q-th blank is made continuous; and secured to. the bdtblank. Figs.- 6 and 'Z'are detail views of the runner, illustratingtheir connections with the verticalsupporting rods. Figs. -8 and-9 'tom.Figrf) is a plan view of-the' bottoms are detail views or? the cornerconnections'of the upper -r1m.. Figs. 10 ,'1l1and 12i1lustrata thenesting'ufeature;

Referring to' the drawings z-The numeral 1 designatesthe runners, whichma'yw-be in any number and run longitudinally of the basket or hamper,these runners being-com: nected together by means of the transverseslats or auxiliary bottom 2, which are se-' cured in-place againsttwisting by means-0t Detachablysecured to the metal: plates 3.

ointsrare these runners at predetermined the verticalcornersupporting-r0 s OD'IJIFES 4:, and theintermediate or side verticalaupporting rods or pipes 5, the upper ends oi the cornerrods or pipes beingdetachably connected to the lower connections 6, of the supporting rim7, which is provided witlrtht intermediatejrod connections 8. This muchconstitutes the-knockdown supporting-frame for the canvas bagorbasketi), which asillus trated in Figs; 3, 4 and 5 is made of the 1m!strips of canvas 10 and 11, respectively,thel

strip 10, constituting the sides'12 and the ends f the bag or basket,and-thereinforced vertical corner rod or pipe -ineasi-ngpockets 14, aseparate'strip- 15 forming theh pockets for the intermediate rodstorfipipes 5.

In constructing my bag: on basket, I form the blanlrfior the sides antlendsaas'shown'in Fig. 3,-providing'the Samewith'the upper cut-awayportions 16- and the'oppositely ar ran orient-away portions N, theblanlebe ing fol edfirstn on'the dotted'gline 'l8g and their aneonsryupon the two dotted lines 19;

the some being stitched as indicated in dotand-dash lines 20, Fig.ZJhenthis has been periornie the next step-is-to-secure the edge 21 tothe edge on dot-and-dash line 23, thus making a continuous wall of theblank with the corner pockets formed, the strips 15 having been securedin place just previous to the securing of the ends. The lower edge 2d ofthe blank is now turned in and under and below the edges of the bottomblank 25, Fig. 5, and two rows of stitchings are made upon thedot-and-dash lines 26 of the two blanks, thus forming the bag or bashot.The upper edge 26' of the blank as shown in Fig. 4:, is folded outwardlyupon the dotted line 27, and this edge is sewed to the supporting rim 7,the slit portions allowing for a neat pint or lap around the corners ofthis rim. The stitching to the rim extends from one of the cornerconnections tothe intermediate connection, and the fold is long enoughto extend over the upper edges of the corner oc'kets let andintermediate pockets forms by the strips 15, thus closing these pocketsat the top, but allowing them to be open upon the exterior of the bag atthe bottom, so that the vertical rods or pipes will extend exteriorly,as. shown in Fig. 1.

In Figs. 8 and 9, l have illustrated one method of securing the cornersof the rim 7,

rigidly together, a jam sleeve 29,'being eme ployed, but I would have itunderstood, that I can braze the corners and the intermediate rodconnections to the rim without departing from the spirit of myinvention; or it may be that the entire rim will be made integral withany form of connecting means for the vertical rods. In securing thevertical rods to the runners, I provide, preferably the threads. 30 uponthe lower ends 0% the rods a shouldered nut 31 being rigidly secured asat 32, so that the lower end of the rods can be passed through thereduced opening 33, of the runner, so that the nut 31 will restin theshouldered socket 3d, and when the washer and nut 35 are tightly securedin place, as in Fig. 9, the rodswill be held against turning, andthusproperly support t e rim and bag or basket noon the runners, the bottomof the bag or asket resting lightly upon the transverse slats orauxiliary bottom 2, whose edges are rounded as at a, to prevent thebottom of the canvas from being cut through.

From the foregoing description taken in conneetion with the drawings, itwill be seen that a dozen or half-dozen r 1d their supporting rims maybe nested, a shown in dig. it), their handles b, being tied together to*hold the same nested. "The runnc'r's and auxiliary bottoms are era-tedas shown in Fig. 11, being held together either by strips (5, nailed tothe runners or a crate, as may be desired, while the vertical rods aretied in bundles ofsix or more, and these bundles poi scenes 1. Aknock-down irame for baskets, comprising longitudinal runners, anauxiliary bottom carried thereby, a rim, a series of sup for the rimdetachably secured to the runners and rim, and means, bodily'detachable,seated within and protected by the runners, for locking said supports toprevent them from turning in the runners and rim.

frame, comprising longitudinal runners, at run, av series of supportsfor the rim detachably 2. In combination with a knockdown- .80 7 securedto. the runners and rim, and

means, bodily detachable, seated within and protected by the runners,for locking said supports to prevent thein from turning in the runnersand rim, of a flexible receptacle carried by said rim and dependingwithin the'supports.

3. In combination witlr'a knock down frame, of a flexible receptaclemade of two strips of material, one strip forming the bot tom and theother forming the sides and ends and also the covering for thesupporting frame, the covering at the corners of the frame being doubledupon and around the frame and sewed in two parallel laces one upon eachside of the frame to form reinforced corner protectors.

i. In combination with the runners, an

auxiliary bottom carried thereby, a rim, a

flexible receptacle carried by said rim and provided with reinforcedcorner pockets which have a series of thicknesses onfthe exterior,detachable vertical supports entering said pockets from below andengaging the rim, and means for detachably secur' said supports in therunners and locking-sai supports against turning in the rim and runners.

5. In combination with the runners, an

auxiliar 1 bottom carried thereby, a rim, 9. re-

ceptacle made of flexible material and carried. bodily by the rim, saidreceptacle being formed of two strips, one forming the bottom and theother the supporting ed e, side and end walls r the receptacle, sai.last mom t-ioned strip also having formed from the body thereofvertical pockets, and a series of.

detachable vertical supports adapted to be incased in said pockets andsupportingly fastened to the rim and runners. 6. A single blank formingthe end Walls of a flexible rectangular receptacle, said blank beingupon itself and secured to provide integral reinforced pockets, thereinforcementybeing formed of a series of integral layers of thematerial ,ot' the blank.

. .7, A singleblank forming the side and end folded at intervals walls aflexible l'flqptaclgandhaving a series ofbpposite'ly arr-a ed cut-awaypor tions upon its upper an lower edge s,'the

* blank .nt enidcut-away portions being folded pockets, as set forth.

a nd secured to provide integral re1nfo1t c ed 8-. A flexiblereceptacle, mode i'roIn-Etwo strips of' fabric one strip forming thebot-1 toln and the other securedthereto upon its- A lower edge andprovided with an out-turned supporting upper edge and a series of reinforced pockets formed fro n the body' of the strip by being folded.ver'tlcally and secured J to the'strip'by two lines of faetenings,Whereby the pocket s formed between stud hnesof fastemngs.

i 9. ATbasket or hamper comprising" run he s, tran s\-'erse slatsconnectlng said runners MK forming an auxiliaryb0tton1,-e' rim aflexible receptacle made oftwo stripsof fabric, one formin the bottom,which rests upon the auxiliary ottom, and the other strip forming'ptheside and end wallsl, and provided with exterior vertical cornerypoekets, the

upper edge being sec-lured to" and incasing said'rir'n5ysi11d a seriesof vertical supporting rods inc ased insaid pockets anddetaehatbly andsecurely fastenedtotherim and'runners, i

t 10. A'basketor hamper, comprising run- 11ers, transverse sletS-forming an Auxiliary bottom, a rim, detachable vertical supportsconnected to the ,rim and runners; means mountediin the rnnners forlocking thesupports and prevent ng them from turning, and v= a flexiblereceptacle having; its upper' edge 'securedt'o-the riin and restingtvithin the vertical supports ivitlrite bottom upon the aux-2 gili-arybottom, and a seriesof pockets: upon, the exterior of the receptacleopen at the bot-' tonittofincasethfe upper ends of the verticalsupportgwhich proge'ct below the open end extel iorly of the reoeptacle.

In testimony whereof I affix I'n'v signature 6'

